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FORMER RECOVERY

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A recovery in a former action. 2. It is a general rule, that in a real or personal action, a judgment unreversed, whether it be by confession, verdict or demurrer, is a perpetual bar, and may be pleaded to any new action of the same or a like nature, for the same cause. Bac. Ab. Pleas, I 12, n. 2; 6 Co. 7; Hob. 4, 5 Ventr. 170. 3. There are two exceptions to this general rule. … [Read more...]

FORSPEAKER

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An attorney or advocate in a cause. … [Read more...]

FORSPECA

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In old English law. Prolocutor; paranymphus. … [Read more...]

FORMULA

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In common law practice, a set form of words used in judicial proceedings. In the civil law, an action. Calvin. … [Read more...]

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